Nyasulu writes SDA over “elder” Hichilema
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NewsNyasulu writes SDA over “elder” Hichilema Lusaka businessman Victor Nyasulu has written the Seventh Day leadership about President Hakainde Hichilema, if established upon proper examination, satisfies the biblical...
Nyasulu writes SDA over “elder” Hichilema
Lusaka businessman Victor Nyasulu has written the Seventh Day leadership about President Hakainde Hichilema, if established upon proper examination, satisfies the biblical standard of a Christian elder who must be “above reproach, blameless, just, merciful, humble and faithful.”
In a public letter to the Seventh Day leadership where the President is an elder, Nyasulu stated that the issues he was raising were not about political allegiance but about Christian integrity.
”I write not as a political partisan, but as a concerned Christian (church member at the African Methodist Episcopal Church) and citizen who believes that the Church has a solemn responsibility to uphold biblical standards of truth, justice, mercy, humility, integrity and accountability, particularly where the conduct of one of its prominent members has implications for the moral witness of the Church and the nation,” Nyasulu stated.
“It is my understanding that Mr Hakainde Hichilema is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church-SDA and has had a longstanding association with the Church. At the same time, he is President of the Republic of Zambia and therefore exercises constitutional authority on behalf of the entire nation.”
He stated that he fully recognised that in exercising presidential functions, President Hichilema acts as Head of State and government and not as a representative of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
”However, Christian faith and character cannot simply be suspended when a Christian assumes public office. The New Testament sets a high standard for Christian leadership, ‘An overseer, then, must be above reproach…'” Nyasulu stated. “1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6–9 …https://dailyrevelationzambia.com/nyasulu-writes-sda-over-elder-hichilema/
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